Word: seemly
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...rain and mud did not seem to bother the Crimson harriers as they established their position by the halfway point of the recently lengthened 10,000-meter race and coasted to an easy victory...
...field didn't seem to bother us, surprisingly," co-captain Chris Sailer said. "I think more people fell down Thursday (against UNH) than today." It appeared not to bother Sailer, anyway, as the junior back controlled the midfield and gained possession of many key loose balls...
...fairly screaming it. As far as they are concerned, Senator Edward M. Kennedy has entered the race for the presidency, and they are working for him with that special kind of zeal that has not been seen since the days of his two older brothers. Ideology does not seem to count, as Democrats of all persuasions -and many independents too-are urging on the man who they think could restore leadership to an ineffectual White House. Draft-Kennedy movements are springing up everywhere, some of them led by former Carter supporters, and Kennedy's own elated staff members...
Schlesinger falls silent, his glasses turned upward as a common egret, snowy in the bright light, floats over the shore. The glories of approaching fall along the Potomac seem to bring out an even greater awareness of danger in this singular man than he displayed in office...
...climactic moment, U.S. friendship for this Persian Ozymandias and this quintessential banana-republic strongman did not seem to count for much. His Imperial Majesty the King of Kings became overnight an international outcast with a price on his head, wandering from Egypt to Morocco to the Bahamas to Mexico, discouraged from seeking asylum in the U.S. When Somoza desperately tried to telephone from his bunker to Jimmy Carter for help, the White House switchboard shunted the call to the State Department, where Somoza left a message. Cyrus Vance cabled him back, urging him to quit...